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Recent strikes by Israel on Hezbollah and Hamas leaders are part of a global expansion of targeted killings, including by the United States. We examine the legal basis for such operations.

鈥⒙�Boeing factory workers rally: CEO Kelly Ortberg faces mounting pressure to end a bitter strike that has plunged the troubled plane-maker further into financial crisis.
鈥⒙�Indian diplomats expelled: Canada says it has identified India鈥檚 top diplomat in the country as a person of interest in the assassination of a Sikh activist there and expelled him and five other diplomats.
鈥⒙�Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences:聽Prize winners Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and James Robinson at the University of Chicago, have documented that freer, open societies are more likely to prosper.
鈥⒙�Reining in gas prices: California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law aimed at preventing gas prices from spiking suddenly when refineries go offline for maintenance.
鈥⒙�Maine shooting lawsuit: Lawyers representing 100 survivors and family members of victims of the deadliest shooting in Maine history, in 2023, have begun the formal process of suing the Army for failing to stop the tragedy.

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As China signals bold moves to revive its economy, all eyes are on its collapsing property market. Can the government restore the confidence of would-be homebuyers?

How best to raise well-adjusted citizens in a democratic society? In Norway, the process starts early, with an emphasis on childhoods that are joyful, secure, and inclusive.

The launch of the Europa Clipper mission to a potentially habitable celestial body 鈥� a moon of Jupiter 鈥� is a leap forward in the quest to answer one of humanity鈥檚 greatest questions: Is there life beyond Earth?

In our progress roundup, technologies to recover precious resources range from a low-cost water harvester invented in Saudi Arabia, to the new factory in the United Kingdom that is taking gold from old electronics to make jewelry.

The majority of U.S. presidential contests since 2000 have included a major-party nominee who was not white or male. This year, for the first time, two Black women are running for the Senate, an institution that in 200 years has had only two elected Black female members. Across the United States, roughly a quarter of state legislators are Black, Asian, or Hispanic.

Do the ethnicity and gender of candidates still matter to American voters? The answer is mixed, but probably less than they mattered before.

Polls show a gender gap in preferences for the two presidential candidates. Regardless of ethnicity, majorities of women back Kamala Harris over Donald Trump. Among Black and Hispanic men, however, the former president and the Republican Party have gained ground since previous elections.

Former President Barack Obama admonished Black men last week for not supporting Vice President Harris because of her gender. That premise may be only partially correct. Terrance Woodbury, president of Hit Strategies, a polling firm focused on minority voters, sees an ongoing realignment of Black, Hispanic, and working-class white men based on common economic concerns.

鈥淒emocrats have experienced erosion ... amongst Black men in every election since Barack Obama exited the political stage鈥� in 2016, he told The New Yorker. 鈥淭his is not just a Kamala Harris problem. This is a Democratic Party problem.鈥�

One party鈥檚 problem may be democracy鈥檚 gain. During her short candidacy, Ms. Harris has focused far more on economic proposals and character issues than on her gender and ethnicity.

鈥淲e鈥檙e not going to lead with identity in the same way that Hillary Clinton did鈥� in 2016 when she was the nominee, said Aimee Allison, founder of She the People, which supports women of color in political leadership. She told The Associated Press that candidates must now demonstrate that 鈥淵ou have a heart for people who you鈥檙e not like ... but deserve to be served by government and deserve representation.鈥�

That approach echoes a lesson learned most recently in Mexico, which elected its first female head of state in June. In recent decades, as women there have achieved a record of expertise in leadership qualities and policy, the country鈥檚 still male-dominated culture has softened. The new president, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, is an engineer, climate scientist, and former big-city mayor with a proven record in reducing violent crime.

When a recognition of higher 鈥� or even spiritual 鈥� qualities 鈥渉as prevailed,鈥� observed Annie Knott, an American contemporary of the women鈥檚 movement a century ago and an early worker in the religious movement behind this news organization, 鈥渨oman has been accorded her rightful place, at least to the extent of having an opportunity to prove her fitness for sharing in the heroic task of elevating鈥� the human race.

Voters in this U.S. election may be recognizing that qualities of character and ideas define a candidate鈥檚 identity rather than identity defining those qualities. Many democracies have already moved in that direction.